Original Macintosh computer turns 30
The original 128K Macintosh computer is celebrating its 30th anniversary on January 24. In Malden, Mass., The Vintage Mac Museum, a working collection of Macintosh equipment through the years, is a part of Oakbog, a company which specializes in data access, transfer and conversion from any Macintosh operating system, no matter how old. Pictures and text by Reuters.
- The logo for the original 128K Macintosh computer is displayed at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- The first 128K Macintosh computer (left) sits alongside some of its predecessors at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- The finder information for the original Macintosh operating system version 1.1 is displayed on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Accessories for an original 128K Macintosh computer, including an operating system disk (top right) and a guided tour on a cassette tape (top left) are displayed at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen types using version 1 of MacWrite on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen boots on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen writes “Happy 30th Birthday” using version 1 of MacPaint on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen writes “Happy 30th Birthday” using version 1 of MacPaint on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen writes “Happy 30th Birthday” using version 1 of MacPaint on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- Curator Adam Rosen writes “Happy 30th Birthday” using version 1 of MacPaint on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
- The motherboard of the Apple Macintosh Classic is seen during the “History of Computers” exhibition in Sarajevo on Nov. 30, 2013. 110 computers from the 1970s to 2008 are displayed during the exhibition, ahead of the opening of the Sarajevo museum of old computers. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)